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NET News Statewide: Soy Diesel, 1/11/02

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January 11, 2002

The Department of Energy calls biodiesel “America’s” fastest growing alternative fuel.” Biodiesel is diesel fuel made with some amount of any fat for vegetable oil. Soybean oil is most commonly used. While ethanol gets most of the attention, interest in soydiesel has quietly been growing. Now, with changes in Federal air quality standards and a desire to be less reliant on foreign oil supplies, soydiesel is poised to make more noise in Nebraska.